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Suzuri Token Ink Stone, Aoki Mokubei, Kodojin browse these categories for related items... All Items: Antiques:Regional Art:Asian:Japanese:Stoneware: Pre 1900: item # 843189 Please refer to our stock # MOR2507 when inquiring.
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Two ceramic ink grinding stones by Aoki Mokubei (also Mokube or Mokube-e), one of which features a rosewood lid, the other enclosed in a wooden box annotated by one of Japans most unusual scholar-artists Fukuda Kodojin. The first stone is covered in white glaze decorated with waves and frets in dark oxide. The other is covered in deeply crackled glassy green glaze. Each stone is stamped beneath Mokube and measures roughly 5 x 3-1/2 x 1 inches (12 x 9 x 2 cm). The rosewood lid of the light colored suzuri is cracked and re-glued, otherwise they are in fine condition. The box for the green stone is annotated to Mokube by Fukuda Kodojin and dated 1935. Aoki Mokubei (1767-1833) was one of the foremost scholar potters of his time and his work is ranked along Nonomura Ninsei and Ogata Kenzan. Despite his plebeian origins, he gravitated at a young age towards the arts and Chinese philosophy and poetry. At 18 he became a pupil of KO FUYO, from whom he learnt seal-carving, epigraphy, literati painting. He is attributed as contributing to the revival of Kyoto ceramics in the 19th century. His porcelains were rich in elements associated with the literati, China, and the sencha (steeped tea) tea ceremony. His works can be found in most major Japanese museums. Fukuda Kodojins status as a poet calligrapher and literati artist has reached legendary status. Born at a time of great change (4 years before the final fall of the Edo Government, he lived through the westernization of the Meiji, Taisho Democracy, and rise to Imperialism and defeat of the Showa era. He was self taught, part of a small group of artists existing outside conventional circles in pre-war Japan. Taking the time just before his death to destroy the large portion of his remaining own work, leaving only that which must have met some personal criteria. For more on his life see the book Old Taoist, or Unexplored Avenues of Japanese Painting. His work also was recently presented for exhibition at the New Orleans Museum of Art, and is part of the Hakutakuan collection among many others. |
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